prehensive psychological behavior training on mental health and serum glucose of recruits under military stress

    GAN Jingª²Li, GAO Cunª²You, YANG Daiª²De, ZHAO Lanª²Min, YANG Chun, NIU Feng

    Mental Diseases Prevention £¦ Treatment Center of Chinese PLA, PLA 91st Central Hospital, Jiaozuo 454003, China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To explore the effects of the comprehensive psychological behavior training on the mental health and the serum glucose of the recruits under military stress. METHODS: One hundred and twentyª²six recruits were divided into 2 groups: experimental group (n=62) and control group (n=64). The recruits of the experimental group received the comprehensive psychological behavior training for 6 weeks and were assessed with Symptom Checklist 90 (SCLª²90), Selfª²Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Selfª²Rating Depression Scale (SDS). The changes of serum glucose after a 5ª²kilometer armed field march were detected. RESULTS: After the comprehensive psychological behavior training, the total scores of SCLª²90, SAS, SDS and the factors of somatization, depression, and paranoid ideation in the experimental group were significantly lower than those of the control group (P<0.05). The serum glucose under the military stress in the experimental group was significantly lower than that of control group (P<0.01). In the control group, the factors of somatization, depression, and paranoid ideation of SCLª²90 after the comprehensive psychological behavior training were significantly higher than those factors before training (P<0.05). The serum glucose in the control group under the military stress was significantly higher than that before training (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The comprehensive psychological training can effectively improve the mental health of the recruits and reduce the psychological and physical reaction of the recruits under military stress. ......